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Meet AT&T's First Prepaid Smartphone: LG Thrive

AT&T and LG have launched LG Thrive, the first Android smartphone to be available as part of AT&T's GoPhone prepaid plan.

LG Thrive is a 3.2-inch device with a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus, Wi-Fi, HSDPA and 160 MB of memory expandable via SD memory cards up to 32 GB. The device will be powered by Android 2.2, and while it cannot compete with the top Android phones such as the Motorola Atrix or Samsung Galaxy S, it is the most powerful device on the GoPhone plan.

Customers who choose the Smartphone 10 cents per minute plan or Smartphone $2 per day unlimited talk and text plan will be able to choose between the following data plan options: $5 for 10 MB, $15 for 10 MB as well as $25 for 500 MB.

The device will retail for $179.99 and is expected to hit the market April 17. On that same date, AT&T also plans to launch LG Phoenix, which is the same device as the Thrive but with a dark blue case, a price tag of $49.99 and two-year service agreement requirement.

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